Mercury

Compensation

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Mercury is building a complete finance stack for startups. We work hard to create the easiest and safest banking* experience possible to simplify entrepreneurs' and business owners’ financial lives. Internal Audit’s mission is to support Mercury and provide independent assurance over Mercury’s risk management, governance and internal control processes. This team helps to identify potential risks that could cause trouble for Mercury and collaborates with the business to get ahead of those risks. We assess Mercury's internal controls to make sure we have our bases covered and things are designed/operating effectively and are responsible for reporting any findings to leadership and process owners and providing recommendations when possible. We’re looking to hire an Internal Audit Lead to help expand coverage of our Internal Audit function at Mercury and execute on our audit plan. You’ll support audit teams internally within Mercury as well as supporting audits being conducted externally by third parties. Over time, you will become a subject matter expert on Mercury’s operations and compliance obligations. *Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC. As part of the journey, we would expect you to: Bring your in depth knowledge of banking and financial services to Mercury to help ensure coverage of key processes and controls Work with the Senior Auditors to help scope internal audits across Mercury products and operations Coach and train team members and review their audit workpapers Assess compliance with Mercury’s compliance obligations Socialize, document, and report audit issues identified Collaborate with teams to develop appropriate action plans and review issue follow up testing Assist in creating the annual audit plan, including maintaining the audit universe and executing annual audit entity risk assessments Other duties as assigned There are lots of paths that could lead you to be successful in a role like this; we think the strongest candidates will have some of these experiences or attributes: Have experience scoping and planning new, complex audits Have experience leading audit teams and coaching team members Have experience working in a regulated financial institution, and have a working knowledge of laws, regulations and risk management standards for financial services Have experience in auditing banking products and requirements Have the ability to quickly grasp and understand complex business processes Have excellent written and verbal communication skills Be able to manage their own schedule to ensure deadlines are met Be a self-starter, someone who likes to innovate and think about how we can do things differently to be more efficient and effective The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers. Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following: US employees in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle: $194,700 - $243,400 US employees outside of New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle: $175,200 - $219,100 Canadian employees (any location): CAD $184,000 - $230,000 Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role. We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on January 22, 2024. Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey here. #LI-HC1